Stating findings of the Legislature and recognizing National Speech and Debate Education Day on March 3, 2017.

This Concurrent Resolution recognizes March 3, 2017 as National Speech and Debate Education Day. The National Speech and Debate Association empowers youth with essential communication skills to become engagedcitizens,skilledprofessionals,andhonorableleaders. Speechanddebateeducationenablesstudents to find their own voices, to find the power and confidence within themselves to think and analyze critically, to use words wisely to build, mend, defend and elevate.